American Horror Story is still an uneven mess

This year’s entry in the ‘American Horror Story’ annals – titled ‘Asylum’-- is markedly better than last season’s initial outing.

It’s still wildly uneven, though.

While the first season was essentially about things that go bump in the night – in a haunted house – this season is more about blood and gore. It’s just set in a twisted asylum in the 1960s.

I’m fine with blood and gore – don’t get me wrong – but AHS billed itself as “intellectual horror” from the beginning. I don’t see a lot of intellect being reflected in this year’s stories.Read more here